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The 2024-2025 season has not even started and already a dramatic turn of events has struck the Professional Football League.
Times are definitely tough for the Professional Football League. Struggling to tie up an agreement for the broadcasting rights of the French championship for the next five years, from 2024 to 2029, the LFP recorded some very bad news this Wednesday. A real surprise before the start of the new financial year.
” Initially scheduled for August 8 as part of the sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and China, the 29th edition of the Champions Trophy will not be able to be held in Beijing. The match between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco has been postponed to a later date and at a location yet to be determined. “, we can read today in a laconic press release from the body headed by Vincent Labrune.
No official agreement
The match between PSG, the champion and winner of the Coupe de France, and its first runner-up in L1, ASM, will have to find a new venue, in a hurry, just five weeks before the initially planned festivities. This is despite the League having concluded agreements with a promoter and a broadcaster to ensure the event would be highlighted in China.
” The idea was sealed during Xi Jinping’s state visit to France last May. “, recalls L’Equipe, which specifies that the LFP, ultimately, never obtained the authorizations required to organize the match in Beijing. Despite this government support, Chinese administrative burdens made it impossible to finalize this first official match of the French season. “, underlines the sports daily.
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